A Grand View of the Birth of 'Hefty' Stars - 30 Doradus Nebula Details (Hubble WFPC2 View)

Esahubble_opo9933g_1024

esahubble_opo9933g September 29th, 1999

Credit: NASA/ESA/John Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.) and James Westphal (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.)

This image is a composite of images in two colours taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's visible-light camera, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9933g/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
30 Doradus Nebula Tarantula Nebula
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Esahubble_opo9933g_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 38m 46.4s
DEC = -69° 4’ 55.7”
Orientation
North is 59.3° CCW
Field of View
0.8 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Dorado

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFC2) (None) -
Hubble (WFPC2) (None) -
None (None) -
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ID
opo9933g
Subject Category
C.4.1.2  
Subject Name
30 Doradus Nebula, Tarantula Nebula
Credits
NASA/ESA/John Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.) and James Westphal (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.)
Release Date
1999-09-29T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9933g/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, None
Instrument
WFC2, WFPC2, None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
None, None, -
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, -
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.6932659455, -69.0821256254
Reference Dimension
505.0, 189.0
Reference Pixel
252.5, 94.5
Scale
-2.76625209604e-05, 2.76625209604e-05
Rotation
59.339999999999961
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9933g
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:54:58+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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